Ancient tropical South American forests were teeming with little rodents, similar in size to today's rats and mice. Now researchers have found traces of what may have been among the first rodents to ...

A new list of threatened mammals in South Africa, Lesotho and Eswatini shows that 11 more species have edged closer to extinction since 2016.Those that have joined the International Union for the ...

A patrol of rookie rats show they are man’s best friend after being trained to scent TNT on minefields ...

Large wild mammals – from elephants to antelopes – are already struggling to cope with global warming. Now new research shows that even the small creatures adapted to harsh, arid landscapes may be ...

Shankar endured a lonely existence in India after his companion died in 2001 [Getty Images] A rodent-borne virus led to the death of the only African elephant at the zoo in India's capital Delhi, ...